Housing Inventory Count (HIC)  Reports provide a snapshot of a CoC’s HIC, an inventory of housing  conducted annually during the last ten days in January, and  are available at the national and state level, as well as for each CoC.  The reports tally the number of beds and units available on the night  designated for the count by program type, and include beds dedicated to  serve persons who are homeless as well as persons in Permanent  Supportive Housing.

Continuum of Care are required to  conduct a Point in Time (PIT) count of persons living on the street, and  in emergency or transitional shelters on a single night, during the  last 10-days in January. The count must include population and  sub-population data for Marion County. The PIT count should be conducted  using statistically reliable, unduplicated counts or estimates of homeless persons.